拔苗助长 bámiáozhùzhǎng Spoil things by excessive enthusiasm

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Traditional: 拔苗助長

Stroke order

拔苗助长 is written in 27 strokes across 4 characters.

拔苗助长 — the Chinese character for Spoil things by excessive enthusiasm (bámiáozhùzhǎng), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 拔苗助长 — Spoil things by excessive enthusiasm

拔 — 8 strokes
苗 — 8 strokes
助 — 7 strokes
长 — 4 strokes

Characters in 拔苗助长

拔 bá — to pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction
苗 miáo — young plant; seedling; (bound form) offspring; descendant; (bound form) vaccine
助 zhù — to help; to assist
长 zhǎng — chief; head; elder

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

拔苗助长 is pronounced bámiáozhùzhǎng and means “Spoil things by excessive enthusiasm”.

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